Books with author Geoffrey Palmer

This is getting seriously weird!On a remote farm in New Zealand’s South Island, Tim and Coral Townsend discover a pair of super-intelligent mice with an extraordinary calculator. Suddenly they’re plunged into an adventure full of alien technology, mind parasites and visitors from very, very far away. Their new friends just want to go home, but how can they when the most powerful, most frightening beings in the galaxy are determined to stop them?Watched by a pair of super-slimy slithery spies, Tim and Coral set about helping the newcomers. But who can they trust – especially when confronted by a ruthless killer robot intent on destroying them all? Now Tim and Coral aren’t just fighting for the lives of their friends, but for their own lives too!Fresh, funny, engaging and utterly gripping, Too Many Zeros marks the start of a brilliant new young adult adventure series for boys and girls of all ages. Brimming with excitement, humour, adventure and original ideas, you’ll find these pages practically turn themselves.This book is the first part of the Forty Million Minutes series.What the reviewers reckon ...'A rollicking good read for pre-teenage children and their parents. It's funny, fast-paced and captivating. A real page-turner.'– Beatties' Book Blog'An excellent Kiwi kid sci-fi novel ... very enjoyable.'– The Southland Times'Science fiction done really well. It’s fast-paced, warm, and recommended for the tween in your life.'– Bookie Monster'Amusing ... action-packed ... will appeal to both boys and girls from about nine or ten upwards. With spacecraft, aliens both friendly and antagonistic, and male and female main characters, it’s a great read.'– StoryTime

Weird, and getting weirder!Things get weirder – and even more dangerous – for Tim, Coral and their friends from outer space when the slimy, slug-like, mind-reading Sentinels formulate a fiendish plot to exterminate them all, one by one.There’s remarkable revelations, fearsome flesh-eaters, and a battle that will knock your socks off!With Lair of the Sentinels, the heart-stopping adventure continues...Buy Lair of the Sentinels and discover what’s lurking beneath a quiet country town.

Move along, please. Nothing weird here!Fleeing Earth with the Sentinels in hot pursuit, Tim, Coral and their friends face more perils and fiendish plots when they travel to Eltheria. But what should be a triumphant homecoming turns into a cat-and-mouse battle with new, sinister forces ranged against them.Meanwhile, an older, darker, more powerful enemy begins to stir...Tim and Coral’s heart-stopping, adrenaline-filled adventure continues with The Man with the Missing Jaw. Don’t miss it!Buy The Man with the Missing Jaw, or you won’t know what Welis is trying to tell you.

Seriously weird!Things get seriously weird when Tim and Coral Townsend meet a pair of super-intelligent mice with an extraordinary calculator. Suddenly they are plunged into an adventure full of strange new technology, mind parasites and visitors from very, very far away.Their visitors want to go home, but how can they when the most powerful, most frightening beings in the galaxy are determined to stop them?With Too Many Zeros, a heart-stopping adventure begins...What the critics said:“A rollicking good read ... funny, fast-paced and captivating. A real page-turner.”“Science fiction done really well. It’s fast-paced, warm, and recommended.”“Amusing ... action-packed ... it's a great read.”Buy Too Many Zeros today and discover what the mice are hiding!

Things get weirder – and even more perilous – for Tim, Coral and their friends from outer space. With the Eltherians’ ship destroyed, the slimy, slug-like, mind-reading Sentinels have formulated a fiendish plan to exterminate them all, one by one.There’s prying journalists, remarkable revelations, fearsome flesh-eaters, and a battle that will knock your socks off! Picking up from where Too Many Zeros left off, Lair of the Sentinels continues the adrenaline-filled excitement and heart-stopping action.Now the adventure continues ...‘A rollicking good read for pre-teenage children and their parents. It’s funny, fast-paced and captivating. A real page-turner.’Maggie Rainey-SmithThis exciting, witty and highly imaginative adventure/science fiction novel is the second book in the Forty Million Minutes series.